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Why use "Kies" and not "Kiua"?

Esperanto seems to have a unique word for whose -- kies. I don't see the need. Esperanto already has the possessive -a ending. I don't see why we can't apply kiua as show below: A simple question and ...
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traduko: Die Mutter wäscht dem Kind die Haare

Is one of the two following sentences good Esperanto? La patrino lavas al la infano la harojn. La patrino lavas la harojn al la infano. Note that I am not keen on the word order here, but my main ...
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Ĉu oni uzu "la" aŭ "mia" kiam oni parolas pri siaj propraj korpopartoj?

Ĉu oni uzu "la" aŭ "mia" kiam oni parolas pri siaj propraj korpopartoj? Diversaj lingvoj havas diversajn kutimojn rilate al ĉi tio. En la angla oni uzas posesivon sed en la sveda oni uzas definitivon. ...
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Using adjectives to denote possession

I think I saw this in another post, but I can't find it now... Can you use adjectives to denote possession? I was reading this cute Christmas story and saw this usage: En la patrina koro and ...
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